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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
Page Seven
NO GUESSES MADE
BY ROOSEVELT
ON WAR ENDING
LYDIA MILLS NEWS
fOR THE WEEK
Mrs. W. P. McLendon, Correspondent
Washington, Dec. —President Lloyd Huntington of Union, visiit-
Roosevelt told reporters today he was ed Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Smith Sunday,
not making any guesses on when the Fred Bozard of the United States
European war might end. navy, spent a few days with his uncle
A reporter told the president that and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J B. Sharp-
Sir Oliver Lyttleton British pro- ton .the past week. «
duction minister, had said his press} g. H. Smith of Kershaw, and Mr.
'Teen Age Group
To Register Soon
Board To Designate
Three Days, Announce
Centers Next Week.
The local draft board announced . * j ,
yesterday that plans are being per- conference yesterday that the Euro- and Mrs. D. D. McMinas of Whitmire,}
fected for the three registration days P ean Phase of the war might be won were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
to be held December 11, 18 and 26th. b y and R ™ sev , elt M - C. Smith.
The registration centers have not [eplfd that it was all right for M rs. Roy Patterson has accepted a
been made known as yet, but will be Lyttleton to make such a guess but posi ti 0 n at the Lydia Mill store,
announced next week the newspapermen would take notice Mrs Clarence Blackwell visited
fniWin* ic the nroclamatlon that the P resident had not made any her mother Mrs. Mattie Stockman,
^ P^himation guesses yet | jn clinton Wed hesday. '
of the President, which has been re- ( Lyttleton toid his conference that, c . B. Sharpton and Paul and Jim-
ceivwi as an official notice by the the perj^ from j une , 1942, to June, my Cobb, students at the University
boards: . 1943, represents the first 12 months' 0 f south Carolina, spent Thanksgiv-
The proclamation of the President since the war began which contains j n g holidays at their homes here,
establishes the dates for the sixth the possibility of victory. He added, Friends Of G. H. Jackson will re
registration as follows: . however, that he did not think the I gr e t to know he was called to Spar-
“The registration of male citizens war would end so soon and said that tanburg last week on account of the,
of the United States and other male 1944 production already was being de ath of his brother,
persons, who shall have attained the planned.) j Miss Margaret Johnson, student at
eighteenth anniversary of the day 6f The president also told his press • Winthrop, spent Thanksgiving at her
their birth during the periods indi- conference that the government had home here.
cated below, shall take place in the no conclusive report on the French Kenneth Adams of Laurens, spent I
United States and the Territories of fleet, whether the whole fleet had, a few days last week with his cousin,
Alaska and Hawaii, and in Puerto been sunk or just a part of it. Va- Charlie Parrish.
Rico, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. !rious reports have been received, he, .-Mr, and Mrs. Ernest Kellett Of
and 5:00 p.m. on the days heretinaf-[ added, and all differ. j Newberry, spent the week-end with
ter designated for their registration' -The president, in response to an- Mrs. Kellett’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
as follows: • | other question, said he would be! c. J Blackwell.
(a) Those who were bom Oh or af- £lad to receive General Charles de Mrs. Ida Leopard and Mrs. Edwin
ter July 1, 1924, but not after Aug-; Gaulle, fighting French leader, if he| M otts and son, of Laurens, visited
ust 31, 1924, shall be registered on! 001 * 1 ® 8 coun try> but that it Mrs. Jessie Mae Owens Thursday,
any day during the week commenc- was n °t true that he had invited dej Mrs. Lula Abercrombie, of Fount-
Statement From
Rationing Board
Notice to all who do not have War
Ration Book number one, commonly
known as “Sugar Book.” Persons
not having this book in their pos
session must register before Decem
ber 15. This ration book is to be
used for coffee as well as sugar.
Most important is the fact that any
one not registering for War Ration
Book One will not be able to secure
War Ration Book Number Two,
which will be issued early in 1943.
Parents may register for babies by
bringing the Birth Certificate to the
Local Rationing Office, South Broad
street.
All Tire Registration Blanks should
have been turned in at the Ration
Office, but anyone not registered
may obtain prosper form at Ration
ing Office.
?\iel Oil for Private Dwellings,
Commercial use, etc., will be ready
in the next day or two. Fuel Oil
users may call by Rationing Office
after they have received notice that
their coupons are ready to be issued.
Trucks and other service vehicles
-may secure appplications for the New J
“T” Service Ration and secure their
ration as quickly as possible.
New Hours For
Ration Board ,
Announcement was made yester
day by Clinton Rationing board that
office hours beginning today. Decem
ber 3/, will bfc 9 until 4. The office
will /be open continuously during
these hours, but the amount of work
required after closing necessitates the
new opening hour.
elected for the seventh consecutive
term executive secretary of the Sooth
Carolina Optometric association at the
annual meeting of the State Booid
of Examiners in Optometry held re
cently in Columbia.
faaada Fights
ROUGHS
Due To Colds or Bronchial IninH—
This New Aitiasfnf Way /
cretary For
venth Term
By far th« largest selling cough mec£-
ei in all Canada is Buckley's GANADIOL
f.‘ tture. Compounded from rare Canadian
1 •> Balsam I by a secret process! Buck-
T s is entirely 'different from anything
. - v ,j e.ar tricdl It's extra fast for
at gentle and mild for Mother an4
' > li.rla ones. Cut a bottle today—take
a i.p or two then swallow slowly, Im
vcu feel its powerful effective action i
thru throat, head and bronchial
Coughing spasm ceases. Right away •
xxens up thick choking phlegm—opens
up clogged bronchial tubes—makes brealle-
mg easier. At all first class drug stores.
SMITH’S REXALL STORK
i«y 1 bpjw
on spread
■I tubas.
Dr. Felder Smith, of Laurens, was miRRCRIBE TO THE CHRONICUi
f
The Spring Board
+«tn—Inn, spent the week-end—with;
Mrs. Bert Abercrombie and Mr. and}
! Mrs, Earl Abercrombie.
! Mrs. Lydia Howard of York, and
i Mrs. Emma McCauley of Goldville,
were week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. McCauley j
Mrs. C. W. Smith of Fountain Inn,
ing Friday, December II, 1942, andi Ga uH e to viait the United States,
ending Thursday, December 17, 1942; i *
(b) Those who were bom on or &HStatement of President
ter September 1, 1924, but not after~ w sjw .i
October 31, 1924, shall be registered OlttOrCl, Ot American
^ Telephone-Telegraph Co.
mV ndin8 ThUrSd8y ' DCCembCr 24 '! “I'flnd it difficult to understand ^„ t the weekend
(c) Those who were born on or Why th ® J ' edei ! al Communications ter and SO n-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
ic; inose wno were oorn on or, commiss , on has lssued suc h an orde r Mr _ e r Oaklpv
after November 1..1924, but not after i_ ntpm l ti _ drastic rate rpduc- V.• T;, . xT '. ' ,
December 31 1924 shall be reeister-’® onle ' 11pla t mg a drastic rate reduc- M iss Eloise Brown visited Miss'
Lfecemoer di. iaz*, snail oe register tion because, under the circumstanc-! Fth „i Riddle in T anrens the mst
ed on any day during the period : es u would seem to make no sense, e ? d 6 m LaUrenS the paSt '
commencing Saturday, December 26, | .< The important thing is to win the | ^a^al Ellis of the United States 1
1942, and ending Thursday, Decern-1 war and ^ commission’s nrogram' <jayal tllls 5 * th : d T
her 1Q49- commi5»Mun s prograin navy> 1s s t a tjoned at Norfolk,
oer oi, wlU mterfere with our service which lVa a few dav , t ith
(d) During the continuance ot the i s vital to the war effort. ' 1^'' Sts Mr ahd Mrs WilUam
present war, those who were bom on “With our lines Overloaded, we are' Ellis P * . ’
or after January 1, 1925, shall be having a hard time to handle the Mrs Lucille M cMinn of Spartan-
registered on the day they attain the calls we have now, and we can’t get 5 t Thursday with Mr . and
eighteenth anniversary of the day of the materials to handle more. At the I M rs Ru^us Mills
their, birth; provided, that if such urgent request of the Board of War Mr anH M ' A(is . pr nennis nf
anniversary falls on a Sunday or le- Communications, we are spending v ew b e rrv visited Mr and Mrs J B
gal holiday, their registration shall millions of dollars in advertising to Reed„ Sun d ay
get the public to reduce its use of Mr and Mrs. Fred Meeks of Green-
long distance, and now comes thf l wood( spent the week-end with the
commission seeking to reduce rates' latter , s t Mr and Mrs Clar _
which will do just the opposite. I fail| ence Satterfield
to see how by any stretch of the im-, Mr an(J Mrs.'Clyde Lanford visit-
agmahon a reduction m long distance ! ed Mr and Mrs M w Medlock in
raeswiil help winthe war. Whitmire Sunday.
“The company, therefore, feels it Mr and Mrs , Lloyd Saymore of
must resist a reduction in spite of Newberry, were Sunday guests of
USE WW ,he th . al a r ? ta case wo ^ d r '' Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Whitman.
TAREK. SALVE. NOSE MOPS are r urgentbl”teded m ta'ca^on tele- and H Mrs : E r . f • Loa8; f k ore
XS«XStSanRttSSeKKSt»ta*St*sexiOatn phone service in these criUcal times. SSltel^Mra MaS n johiiron U>e ‘ r
“As to long iines earnings, the Mrs. J.T Tu^ visited
ZluslTey dcTnM inctadraut"! Mrs ' P aranta ' Mr - and - Mre -
r. include all tax- L E Brown( near Laurens Sunday.
take place on the day following that
is not a Sunday of a legal holiday.”
AT FIRST
SIGN OF A
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W 666
BENJAMIN &
SONS
PLUMBING ,
HEATING
SERVICE
Telephone 117
WE ARE HUNTING
TROUBLE
es. Our earnings as a whole, includ-
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Lawson spent
distance business, are sub- g da i(h Mi M H £ m
stantially lower than last year, and Laurens
^J h ^H 0 ',‘ be ^ iV i d T d Wh ', Ch . We I Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kurley, Mr.
have ^paid for the last twenty-two and Mrs Biu Murphy and and
; y Mrs. Guy Emmery, Jr., of Enoree,
! DO YOU have a husband, son, broth-' J^ere week-end guests of Mr. and
er or friend in the army, naVy, air
or marine corps? If so, send him a
[Mrs. Floyd Emery.
Pvt. Paul Taylor- has returned to
Auction
Sale!
LIVE STOCK, CORN,
MACHINERY, FARM IMPLE
MENTS OF ALL KINDS
WILL BE SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.
» »•
Property of
Andy Young
(Copeland Place — Route 2)
ui uiaiuic uuiud; ai dciiu nmi aiss T1 , , ,
box of MUitary Stationery with u,, [ Camp Jackson after bemg called here
insignia of his branch of service. In on !S cou " t °'. td £ ,l V ,ess oI hls m<>th '
gift boxes. $1.00. Chronicle Publish- er '“ r! . M 2' tle , Ta ’' lor - , , k „ „
ing Co Phone 74 Charles Hairston and Luther Fuller
|| were visitors in Columbia Sunday.
I. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Harris spent
Sunday near Laurens with Mr. pnd
Mrs Ed Milam.
Mr. and Mrs. James Harris and
daughter of Laurens, visited the lat
ter’s mother, Mrs. Ben Harvey, Sun
day.
Pvt. J. B. Neal after finishing
training as an airplane mechanic, has
been transferred to Topeka Air Base,
Kansas.
10 O'clock A. Md
4 Mules, 2 Cows, 1 Calf, Hogs and Pigs, 6 Turn
Plows, 3 Iron Beam Plows, 1 Wagon, 2 Guano
Distributors, 1 No. 40 Cotton Planter, 1 Cutter
way Harrow, Plow Stocks and Singletrees, 2
Walking Cultivators, 4 Spring Tooth Cultiva
tors, 1 Drag Harrow, 1 Farm Bell, 1 Forge, Corn,
3 Hound Dogs.
ANDY YOUNG
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Miss Sally Ann Duckett and Betty
Lou Parrish celebrated birthdays No
vember 1st.
Mrs. Robert Duncan had a birthday
November 25.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Neal will ob
serve their 6th wedding anniversary,
tomorrow.
On The Sick List
S J. Todd is ill at his home with
flu.
Friends of Homer Richey will be
glad to know he is improving from
an attack of flu.
Mrs. y Lester Austin is suffering an
infected hand.
Birth Announcements
Cape
Mr. and Mrs. John Cape announce
the birth of a daughter, Virginia
Rose, November 25.
McLendon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill McLendon an
nounce^ the birth of a son, William
Dennis, November 27.
Mrs. Viccle White
Mrs. Viccie White, 66, widow of
the late G. W. White, died Monday
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
C. C. Hill.
She was a native of Georgia and
had spent the greater part of her
life in this state. She was a mem- 1
ber of the Coronaca Baptist church.
She is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. C. C. Hill, and one step-daugh
ter, Mrs. R. R. Ballew, both of Ly
dia; an one step-son, W ’ E. White,
of Georgia; two brothers, B. C. Parks,
of Gillsville, Ga., and B. H. Parks of
Ninety-Six, and 22 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Cal
vary Baptist church with the Rev.
W. A. Tinsley and the Rev. R. D.
Hughe* in charge. ■ Burial was in
Rosemont cemetery.
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